Hi Traci -

The ride yesterday with SK and Kim et al. followed the DD route for a few miles, we started out from Winters and went up Cardiac Hill and we turned off of the DD route at Muskovite Corners. (Not that I'd expect you to know this area, but in case some folks do.) I was passed by a lot of hard-bodies along the way and it was fun to chat with some of them (esp. going uphill where they didn't pass me quite as fast ).

One thing SK mentioned after the ride - and I noticed too - was that the people riding the double century seemed on a whole to be a lot more considerate and easy-going that the types one might encounter on a century "hammer-fest" ride. Perhaps it's becasue double century riders have that much more experience? Just a thought.

At any rate, when I first realized our route was to coincide early on with the Davis Double, I was a little apprehensive - I had visions of being run off the road by huge agressive pacelines ! - but that never happened. There were a couple of dorks out there but nothing like I've experienced on past organized rides.

Here's a photo I took somewhere along the Davis Double route between our start in Winters and before the climb up Cardiac- that's Kim just ahead of me. It was awfully pretty out there !